Amargatitanis
ah-MAR-gah-tie-TAN-iss /əˌmɑːrɡəˌtaɪˈtænɪs/
Accepted genus
La Amarga titan
- Amarga · Spanish (place name) · from La Amarga Formation (amarga = bitter)
- titanis · Greek · titan (feminine form)
The name combines "Amarga", from the La Amarga Formation where the fossils were found, with the Greek "titanis", the feminine form of "titan". The La Amarga Formation is itself named after a place whose Spanish name means "bitter". The name marks it as a titanic sauropod from that formation.
- Named by
- Apesteguía
- Year named
- 2007
- Period
- Early Cretaceous
- Stage
- Barremian
- Found in
- La Amarga Formation, Neuquén Province, Argentina
A titanosauriform sauropod known from limited material, mainly caudal vertebrae. The type species is Amargatitanis macni. Its exact position within Titanosauriformes is uncertain.